Celadon City

Pokemon Encounter: 315/-- || Trainer Battle: 340/25 || Moving: /3 -> || Item Posting: (Rocky Helmet) 8/20 | (Fairy Memory) 8/15 | (Fighting Memory) 8/15
Where: In the middle of Celedon City
Company: Kira and an older male named Apollo
Mood: Upset, uncertain, concerned, worried
Thinking: Why do these things always happen...
Wearing: www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=233678493
Out of Ball: Azuran (Away), Lynno, Nimbus, Kovu, Cerian and Flareon
OOC:Dowsing Machine Activated (2/7)

Looking at Salamence at his words, Emiri appreciated the dragon’s concern for their teammate and how to best go about helping him in this time of training and recovery, but she wasn’t going to make him carry all of that extra weight into the air. It would be easier if they had Azuran with them, his enormous wing span and larger size compared to most of them would be perfectly suited for what Emiri had in mind, but she knew he was hard at work trying to find the Mismagius to help them help Lynno. Instead, they would have to do what they could, and while she did question whether or not one dragon could carry Kovu, she was certain that two dragons could indefinitely. She took out another Pokeball and released Charizard out into the park, but she too immediately held the same hostility that Salamence did in knowing they’d been attacked the last time she was out. Her eyes were sharp, and Emiri watched in astonishment as the raging flame on her tail dispelled and made way for a shadow that twisted and writhed at the tip of her tail.
”You can calm down, I thought being let out meant trouble too,” Salamence spoke first, being able to see Charizard’s aggression upon being let out, and by no means trying to patronize her for coming out with the right idea should they have been in trouble. Her shoulders fell slightly at the sound of his voice, and she turned to look at him with her blue eyes before slowly scanning the area around them, finding a calm park setting, and Kovu and Cerian standing with Emiri. Charizard digressed with a breath, and her tail began to calm down too, a reflection of her true energy then as she shifted her wings behind her.
”Okay, well that said, what’s going on,” she questioned, only then noticing that Kovu had his saddle on and fitted, and had two much longer leather straps tied to it at his shoulders, and she wondered just what had been going on in the time that she had been in her Pokeball thus far.

Pokemon Encounter: 317/-- || Trainer Battle: 342/25 || Moving: /3 -> || Item Posting: (Rocky Helmet) 10/20 | (Fairy Memory) 10/15 | (Fighting Memory) 10/15
Where: In the middle of Celedon City
Company: Kira and an older male named Apollo
Mood: Upset, uncertain, concerned, worried
Thinking: Why do these things always happen...
Wearing: www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=233678493
Out of Ball: Azuran (Away), Lynno, Nimbus, Kovu, Cerian and Flareon
OOC:Dowsing Machine Activated (2/7)

Standing there and knowing it was going to be futile to argue, especially if Emiri was on board and this was her doing to begin with, Charizard digressed as she looked to Salamence. She knew that if it were her and if she needed their help she would ask, and she also knew that she would get it without hesitation. Charizard had watched Kovu die that night they had been stolen away from reality, and she looked at him with hesitation, but it was the least that she could do for him in what had been done to him, what she felt she should have and could have prevented if she had been a stronger leader. She owed him the time and dedication to his recovery, she couldn’t deny him the help that he deserved, and Charizard looked down to Emiri with a nod then.
”Alright, it’s the least we can do for everything you’ve done for and with us,” Charizard digressed with a small smile on her muzzle, and she moved forward with an outstretched arm and her hand held out, and Kovu followed suit with placing a large paw in her hand as a sort of leveling agreement. Charizard knew that Kovu went above and beyond to watch Emiri and keep her safe while she had been taken from them all, and for that he would forever have her gratitude.
”Cerian, you have to stay on the ground this time, please this would be dangerous for you,” Emiri mentioned, trying to keep Cerian out of harm’s way, but the Replisol looked at her with raised ears at the mention of him having to keep away from the practice.
”No, please can I come up with you? I’ll stay on Salamence’s back, I promise,” Cerian whined almost as he rushed over the ground, clamoring up Salamence’s tail to get on his back before they could really say no and trying to bargain and promise so he could go. Emiri glanced at Salamence who seemed rather indifferent, as long as he did promise, and she knew that any experience was good experience for him.
”Alright, you can come with us, but you have to stay on his back,” Emiri replied in just an ever so slightly stern tone to make the young dragon understand that he needed to follow the rules.

Pokemon Encounter: 319/-- || Trainer Battle: 344/25 || Moving: /3 -> || Item Posting: (Rocky Helmet) 12/20 | (Fairy Memory) 12/15 | (Fighting Memory) 12/15
Where: In the middle of Celedon City
Company: Kira and an older male named Apollo
Mood: Upset, uncertain, concerned, worried
Thinking: Why do these things always happen...
Wearing: www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=233678493
Out of Ball: Azuran (Away), Lynno, Nimbus, Kovu, Cerian and Flareon
OOC:Dowsing Machine Activated (2/7)

Everyone was in place, and Emiri took a moment to pay close attention to the air around them and make sure that it was going to be smooth conditions for them up higher above the city. She made sure she was situated properly on Charizard's back, and looked to Salamence who gave a nod that he was ready despite having to hold the leather strap in his mouth.
"Okay, let's go. Charizard and Salamence, you have to fly as in sync together as possible, keep your wing beats steady," Emiri called, knowing this was going to be the most difficult part about flying together so closely and with something beneath them. If they couldn't keep themselves level and even in their flying, Kovu might not be able to stabelize enough to level out and fly beneath them, but they both had very different styles and flight mechanics. She had faith in them though, she had been training them in flying for years now and had watched their immense progress, and she knew they were strong enough to make just about anything work. The two dragons opened their wings and began to raise above the ground, slowly and steadily with every motion they made. They rose above Kovu whom still remained on the ground, but the leather straps attached to the harness became taught as they ran out of slack to move, and then had to begin working with his weight beneath them. They started slow, making sure that they could stay level with each other, and testing how far apart they could get before moving higher then with heavier pushes of their wings, and slowly but surely Kovu began to rise from the ground as only his long tail now swept the surface of the grass. Before they knew it, they were rising above the tree line and moving higher still with Kovu in tow beneath them, and Cerian watched in pure fascination as he moved back and forth on Salamence's broad back, watching everything unfold.
"We did it, we're in the air," Cerian shouted in excitement, keeping his own wings close to his body so as not to catch any air in them since he was at least familiar in flying with others of his species on their backs, and he looked down with his silver eyes over the side of Salamence's body to find Kovu hanging beneath them by his harness and shoulders.

Pokemon Encounter: 321/-- || Trainer Battle: 346/25 || Moving: /3 -> || Item Posting: (Rocky Helmet) 14/20 | (Fairy Memory) 14/15 | (Fighting Memory) 14/15
Where: In the middle of Celedon City
Company: Kira and an older male named Apollo
Mood: Upset, uncertain, concerned, worried
Thinking: Why do these things always happen...
Wearing: www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=233678493
Out of Ball: Azuran (Away), Lynno, Nimbus, Kovu, Cerian and Flareon
OOC:Dowsing Machine Activated (2/7)

Immensely pleased with how this was going so far and knowing that Kovu was going to be able to fly with them again, Emiri couldn't help the smile on her face as she looked down to Kovu.
"Alright Kovu, this is it, pick up your weight and fly with us," Emiri urged, wanting him to get rid of all of the tension on the leather straps and fly with his own weight beneath them. Kovu's ears perked and twitched at the sound of her voice, and she caught his eyes glancing up at her, but it was not out of hesitation or regret, she could feel his ambition and tenacity at knowing they were so close to getting him back in the air. Kovu gritted his fangs together and his eyes grew sharp as he focused all his effort and energy into his wings, and he started slow with shallow flaps of the membrane to test the wind around him. Already Charizard and Salamence could feel the weight of the straps lessening beneath them, and the more Kovu worked to get up to really pushing with his wings, they were hardly holding his weight at all.
"You can do it Kovu," Cerian called from Salamence's back, trying to give him the encouragement he knew he would want when he was learning how to fly, and Kovu pushed still to get himself to where he knew he needed to be. Every push of his wings brought less weight on the straps, and he was working up to full flaps of his wings against the wind around them, and when Emiri felt Charizard relax her arms and shoulders at not having any weight to hold, she felt her heart flutter. Kovu pushed with his wings, and leveled out, and would push with his wings again to keep himself aloft, and Emiri had watched him fly for so many years that she recognized his real and genuine flight pattern.
"Kovu! You're flying," she shouted in elation from Charizard's back, over joyed at his progress and that he was really going to be alright after everything he had been through. Kovu couldn't hold in his own excitement either as he gave out a roar in the air around them, knowing that moving over this final hurdle was exactly what he needed in beginning to move past the things that had happened to him. He thought that he wasn't going to fly again, that the scars on his body would always weigh him down with the threat that horrible man had put over all of them that he had captured, but with Emiri's help and the support of his team who never gave up on him, this was getting a huge part of his life back.

Pokemon Encounter: 323/-- || Trainer Battle: 348/25 || Moving: /3 -> || Item Posting: (Rocky Helmet) 16/20 | (Heal Ball) 1/10 | (Heal Ball) 1/10
Where: In the middle of Celedon City
Company: Kira and an older male named Apollo
Mood: Upset, uncertain, concerned, worried
Thinking: Why do these things always happen...
Wearing: www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=233678493
Out of Ball: Azuran (Away), Lynno, Nimbus, Kovu, Cerian and Flareon
OOC:Dowsing Machine Activated (2/7)

After having the weight leave him so quickly, Salamence had been thrust into the air above Charizard with Cerian clinging to his scales with his claws, though he still clutched the leather strap in his fangs as he oriented himself. He heard Emiri’s call, and then Charizard’s roar, looking down to find Emiri moving along Kovu’s back, and panicked too at the notion that Kovu might not be able to keep both of them in the air now.
”Salamence, bring me the strap, we might be able to reattach it,” Emiri called again, trying to stabilize herself on Kovu’s back as he struggled in the air.
”Kovu, calm down, you can’t panic you were doing so good,” she tried to say, trying to get him to understand that he had been flying on his own then without the security of the straps, it seemed that he had been relying on them just a bit too much, and now in this very real situation he was losing touch of how to handle himself. Emiri could tell that he was trying to listen to her words, she knew that he could hear her and understand how much she believed in him, and he began to calm down in his frantic behavior, trying to level himself out. Salamence came down towards them in the air, clutching the strap and trying to move it closer to Emiri, and she stood on Kovu’s back and kept her footing steady to try and reach out for it. The wind was blowing and the strap was moving with it, making it hard for her to try and grab on to it while Kovu was moving beneath her, trying to orient himself, but she managed to grab on to it with both hands as it came swinging back towards her. She held on, keeping her footing on Kovu’s back, but in his struggle, his weight pulling on just one tether attached to his saddle, he let out a screech when he felt the other strap give way from his saddle, and in that moment he was falling through the air. Emiri clutched the strap she was holding onto tightly, and in reflex when she felt Kovu’s body give way beneath her feet, she lifted herself with her arms and held on tighter, holding herself up by the tether. It took her only a second to realize what had happened, looking down beneath her hanging feet and finding Kovu flailing and falling through the air beneath her, but what didn’t take her a second thought was her action of letting the leather strap go from her hands, and letting herself fall through the air after Kovu.
"Emiri no," Chrizard roared, as she watched her trainer fall through the air above the city's park.

Pokemon Encounter: 325/-- || Trainer Battle: 350/25 || Moving: /3 -> || Item Posting: (Rocky Helmet) 18/20 | (Heal Ball) 3/10 | (Heal Ball) 3/10
Where: In the middle of Celedon City
Company: Kira and an older male named Apollo
Mood: Upset, uncertain, concerned, worried
Thinking: Why do these things always happen...
Wearing: www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=233678493
Out of Ball: Azuran (Away), Lynno, Nimbus, Kovu, Cerian and Flareon
OOC:Dowsing Machine Activated (2/7)

In that moment, being on Kovu's back again, held fast against his saddle and the wind rushing through her hair, Emiri never thought that she would experience this with him again. The angle of his wings, his limber body being able to manuver through the air, she wanted so much to be able to feel that again and know that he was going to be alright. She felt horrible for what had happened to him, the moment she had been thrust into that nightmare and ran for Charizard, she had been unaware what had happened to him because she had been so caught up in her false realities. She held onto his saddle, gripping and clutching with her hands as hard as she could, and leaned into him with her body.
"Fly Kovu," Emiri whispered, urging him with the will and strength that she knew he had, moving on his shoulders to help him right himself in the air, and she watched as a jolt of electricity coursed over his scales and between his ears, being able to feel the muscles in his body move beneath her. He was moving now at a perpendicular angle to the ground, his wings angled and his body flat in moving through the air, but he could feel Emiri's urge, her belief in him and the will that she was trying to give. His sharp eyes glanced at the tree line coming up beneath them, and he gritted his teeth with a snarl. Above him though Charizard was coming down towards them again, ready to rip Emiri from his back to make sure that nothing would happen to her when they hit the trees, but Kovu threw out his wings and just grazed the top of the trees with his legs tucked beneath his body. At the force of his body lifting back through the air, Emiri coughed at being thrust against his body, but in that moment she was able to lift up and sit atop the saddle on his back and he was flying then. He flapped his wings and came up higher above the tree line, and he wavered for a moment as a stray gust caught his wings, but he leveled out and kept his tail straight, and Emiri watched as they flew over the tree line of the park with elation and a lifted spirit in her heart.
"Kovu, Kovu you're flying you did it," Emiri shouted, looking out to the sky around them now with relief and a new found spirit that she had been missing. From above her, she caught the sound of wing beats, and she motioned Kovu upwards again in the air as she found Charizard and Salamence moving towards them, relief on their faces despite the anger at her impusliveness she knew Charizard was feeling.

Pokemon Encounter: 327/-- || Trainer Battle: 352/25 || Moving: /3 -> || Item Posting: (Rocky Helmet) 20/20 | (Heal Ball) 5/10 | (Heal Ball) 5/10
Where: In the middle of Celedon City
Company: Kira and an older male named Apollo
Mood: Upset, uncertain, concerned, worried
Thinking: Why do these things always happen...
Wearing: www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=233678493
Out of Ball: Azuran (Away), Lynno, Nimbus, Kovu, Cerian and Flareon
OOC:Dowsing Machine Activated (2/7)

Listening to Salamence's words, Emiri looked to the blue dragon and nodded along with him, knowing that they did need to start preparing for when the Mismagius might return or if Azuran did find her. If only they hadn't been attacked and Lynno was still a Pidgeot instead of having his life force drained, she would almost feel like things were actually normal for them, they were moving about and traveling again, and had met some new wonderful friends on that reserve they had visited. Of course that did come with more question though at the strange creature Flareon had encountered, Emiri thought back to the creature with the cage on its face and really did wonder what it was, but she knew in due time she would be able to help it. It had agreed to come with her and for her to help, and she was cofident that she could, but not when she was uncertain about their safety and integrity in knowing that that Mismagius was out there.
"You're right, we need to get back to Lynno and see how he's doing, and we should probably check on the baby too," Emiri agreed. She was certain that Nimbus was doing just fine in watching the baby, and Zaron would help if he needed it, but that did still leave Lynno alone on the ground and she wanted to make sure that nothing had happened to him or he hadn't gone too far, or make sure that the Mismagius' curse hadn't gotten any worse. With that, she brought her hands back to the holds that she had at Kovu's shoulders on his saddle and motioned him back towards the ground, knowing too that she couldn't keep him in the air forever. Now that they were getting him back to working his muscles, they needed to ease into it more and more, but this was as good a start to it all as she could have ever hoped for. He moved with his wings and leveled out, following Charizard and Salamence who moved over the tree line and over the park grounds, finding Nimbus down on the ground with the baby asleep on his tail.
"Oh look! I'm happy that you're flying Kovu," Nimbus cheered with a smile as he looked up to the Pokemon that approached, and one by one they landed on the ground around him. He moved forward on the ground on his feet as his tail toted along behind him, and the baby's small feathered wings flitted with a yawn that came over his muzzle, and his long tail curled around him as he shifted.

Pokemon Encounter: 329/-- || Trainer Battle: 354/25 || Moving: /3 -> || Item Posting: (Transfer Paper) 2/10 | (Heal Ball) 7/10 | (Heal Ball) 7/10
Where: In the middle of Celedon City
Company: Kira and an older male named Apollo
Mood: Upset, uncertain, concerned, worried
Thinking: Why do these things always happen...
Wearing: www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=233678493
Out of Ball: Azuran (Away), Lynno, Nimbus, Kovu, Cerian and Flareon
OOC:Dowsing Machine Activated (3/7)

Moving slowly through the air now, Emiri sat atop Kovu’s back as the dragon came down towards the ground on his wings, and Emiri was still exhilarated at having been able to get Kovu back up into the air. She knew that he had the tenacity to do it, and the strength in his wings that he needed to realize again, he just needed to be pushed and she felt bad that she would have denied him any further practice for the day. Discouraging him was the last thing that she ever wanted to do, and she was so relieved that she hadn’t thought any more on how dangerous or how unlikely it could have been that her plan wouldn’t have worked. Charizard and Salamence were supportive through the whole thing, and it filled her heart with joy and love knowing that her Pokemon were becoming supportive of each other again and working together as opposed to being shrouded in their darkness and nightmares. They all needed to stick together and watch out for each other, and she knew that in recent times they were finally starting to get back to their roots. Kovu took his time trying to figure out how best to get back on the ground, he angled himself downward and lofted on his wings, wavering for a moment at the lack of wind energy that was keeping him in the air. He gave one flap to slow himself and come to a stop above the ground, and then he gingerly let himself down from the air by folding his wings and making sure that he had all four feet on the ground. He settled, his tail fans folding and his wings coming in at his shoulders, and Emiri slid off of his saddle onto the ground as she came to meet his face, taking his muzzle in her hands.
”Kovu I’m so proud of you, I knew we could get you back in the air,” she commented, though it came out in more of a whisper because she just couldn’t contain the elation that she was feeling, the weight that seemed to lift off of them at knowing they were bringing him out of the darkness that that horrible night had caused. He leaned down into her touch, a small purr coming from his voice as he closed his eyes and leaned in against her touch. He was breathing heavy, and his muscles were tense and sore now, but it would pass, just like all pain did, and he knew that he would be able to keep pushing and keep working until there was no limitations on his physical being any longer.
”We’ll keep practicing, we’ll make sure that you get back to your full flying potential, you’ll get back into the air with us in no time,” she mentioned then, wanting him to know that they weren’t going to let him fall back into that dark place, he was going to make a full recovery out of this and Emiri couldn’t be happier.

Pokemon Encounter: 331/-- || Trainer Battle: 356/25 || Moving: /3 -> || Item Posting: (Transfer Paper) 4/10 | (Heal Ball) 9/10 | (Heal Ball) 9/10
Where: In the middle of Celedon City
Company: Kira and an older male named Apollo
Mood: Upset, uncertain, concerned, worried
Thinking: Why do these things always happen...
Wearing: www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=233678493
Out of Ball: Azuran (Away), Lynno, Nimbus, Kovu, Cerian and Flareon
OOC:Dowsing Machine Activated (3/7)

Hoping that Lynno didn’t think she was neglecting him in having gone to work on Kovu’s training, though knowing that he was a bit tougher than he was letting on in this time of strife for him, Emiri stepped away from her group of Pokemon to look around for the small Pidgey that should be wandering around on the ground somewhere. She hoped he hadn’t gone too far, and she glanced around more in the direction that Nimbus came from, and she found him trudging along on the ground. Emiri heaved a small sigh at knowing he was still close, but she felt something change almost drastically in the area around her, both Nimbus and Kovu were quick to react to the shift around them too despite not knowing what it was though they couldn’t figure out what it was. Emiri grew cautious and hesitant and started to move towards Lynno, wanting to keep everyone together, but just as her starting to rush towards him had caught his attention, there was a blur of darkness that swept passed him and he was gone from the ground, then the sound of snapping branches and a ground breaking ‘thud’ of a sound as Emiri stopped running, finding Azuran coming down onto the ground on the shoulders of his wings with a heavy roar as he looked up to the sky.
”Azuran! What is it,” Emiri shouted, rushing towards him now as her Pokemon followed behind, though Nimbus stayed behind with the baby and rightfully so as the Chifaera began to stir at the sudden noise and probably the sudden dramatic shift in the emotions around him.
”The Mismagius, it came back for Lynno,” he heaved, having come down from the air so fast in trying to chase the ghost he winced at the pain he felt in his legs and the shoulders of his wings at not being able to slow his descent fast enough.
”We can’t let her finish what she started,” Charizard snarled, but Emiri was already on it as she adjusted the goggles she had resituated on her head from going up with Charizard and Azuran, rushing towards the Aerodctyl that was still wearing his saddle. She jumped up onto Azuran’s neck and grabbed onto her saddle, heaving herself up with her arms to so get herself on his saddle at the base of his neck.
”Go now,” Emiri shouted, bracing herself as Azuran shifted his weight and opened his great wings, and in one push he was rising above the tree line of the park and well above the lower skyline of the city. Charizard and Salamence didn’t hesitate opening their wings in their running after Emiri and starting off after Azuran, and in his new found strength Kovu too ran with his open wings and managed to get himself off of the ground, turning up with his wings and flying after his teammates. This only left Cerian on the ground who had been running after them, but in the down draft of four of Emiri’s strongest fliers moving into the air, he got swept up by his wings and knocked over, rolling on the ground for a few moments.
”Not fair… I want to go too,” Cerian grumbled, his ears flat and his eyes sharp as he stood up on the ground, snuffing at being left behind again.

Pokemon Encounter: 333/-- || Trainer Battle: 358/25 || Moving: /3 -> || Item Posting: (Transfer Paper) 6/10 | (Transfer Paper) 1/10 | (Transfer Paper) 1/10
Where: In the middle of Celedon City
Company: Kira and an older male named Apollo
Mood: Upset, uncertain, concerned, worried
Thinking: Why do these things always happen...
Wearing: www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=233678493
Out of Ball: Azuran (Away), Lynno, Nimbus, Kovu, Cerian and Flareon
OOC:Dowsing Machine Activated (3/7)